Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

For true they are, l fear.
Puss winked and blinked. 'sHow robins thrive
did not know" purred she,
'We'd left many birds alive,
and my kittens three
Esther B. Tiffany IN Vide A,rake.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Molasses Cake.-Sttr three quarters Of cup of
butter with one-half cup of sugar, snd two eggs,
until all is light; then add one cupfu of best mo-
lasses, three-Quarters of cup OF milk, the crate
riud and the juice Of one lemon, and fl our enough
to make it rs stiff as cup-cake, two teaspoonfuls
OF baking powder anda pinch OF salt. Bake
like cup-cake.
Sponge Cake.-Beat the yolks of four eggs
with the grated rnd of one lemon, the juice Of
half a one and one cupful and three-quarters of
sugar, OF light creamy substance add to this the
white Of the eggs beaten to very stiff froth then
lightly stir into it two cupfuls Of -four, sfted with
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and little
SALT alternately with one half teacupful OF boiling
water. Pour it at once into we'll buttered
cake-pan lined with buttered paper, and bake
three-quarters of an hour il moderate oven.
Madelins--Cream one cup Of butter with one
cup and three-quarters of sugar, add three eggs,
two cups OF -four, one-half cup OF corn starch
three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and one
teaspoonful of extract Of vanilla. Bake in patty
pans in quick oven.
Lemon Rice. Pick and wash one cupful of
rice, put it into deep earthen dish with one
quart Of water and little salt; cover tightly and
place On the back Of the range or stove, where
it may gradually cook without danger of burn
ing. II the water should he consumed before
the rice is done. add enough to swell it out
tender; care has to be taken that the grains re-
main whole. When the rice has become tender,
put it in a colander and pour cold water over it
until the grains appear to separate; drain 1t we'll,
and replace in the dish. Then add white sugar
to taste-it needs to be very sweet-the grated
rind OF one, and the Juice Of two lemons; set
back on the stove and let it simmer ten or
and when cooled off put on ice until wanted.
Turn out like blanc-mange.
English Mut1ins.-Make up one quart Of -four
with cold water as soft as you Can handle it:
put in teaspoonful OF salt and tablespoonful
OF yeast and set it in moderately warm blace
In the morning beat up the white of an egg to
stiff froth, put it in the mixture and heat it
well with spoon. Bake in large muffin rings.
The Napoleon Breakfast Cup is thus prepared
Blend coffee and chocolate together, pouring
each from the pot held two feet high above the
cup. 1t Ia more restorative than coffee alone,
and less rich than chocolate alone, and is held
to be happy marriage of the two. The inven.
ton was made, it is said, by Voltaire.
CHEMICAL DISCOVERIES
A new fre-proot cement having gypsum ne its
base has just been patented in England. 1t il
claimed that this will withstand the most inten-
Sc heat and will also stand the greatest extrem.
es Of temperature.
The chemical element fluorine, supposed to be
impossible to obtain in the pure etate, owing tc
its marked affinity for outer elements even com.
bining with glass at the instant of liberation. has
Jast been prepared in the pure state by decom-
posing, by means Of the electric current, pure
anhydrous hydroiuoric acid. This opens an
entirely new field In chemistry and develops q
long series Of compounds hitherto unattainable.
Vasaline is product now forming an article
of considerable commercial importance. Its dark
er and more impure forms are used for lubrica-
ting purposes and to prevent steel and iron
goods from rusting, while the purer and winter
grades form the basis of the majority OF ONT
ments. 1t is prepared from crude petroleum oil
by simple dstllation until the more volatile oils
have passed over, when a mass remains in the
still made up essentially Of the various parf1ines
The crvstallizable paraffines are removed and
the residue is then simply purified, without any
further distilatien, by treatment with sulphuric
acid and superheated steam and final decoloriza-
ton by fltering through animal charcoal.
FEEDING FOR PROFIT.
The man who feeds best is the man who
makes the most money. Many farmers think
they make money when they allow animals to
get bone poor in winter, but they are greatly
mistaken. The only. profit ever made in fatten-
ed animals is what is put on daily over and above
the daily waste. This daily waste is constant
integer, an unavoidable one, and amounts to
about what the animal will consume in winter Of
fairly we'll cured hay If kept in comfortable
quarters. In severe weather when cattle are
kept out OF doors the loss, even when fed good
hay, will often average pound day, and for
the four winter months Of severe weather this
would show loss of 12O pounds. All this
must be made up the next summer. II this
thinning down could 0e prevented the COW or
steer would have so much the advantage to start
In on when grass comes. Why not keep the AMI
NAL growing right along from calfhood, or colt
hood, or swinehood, or lambhood, as the case
may be? Those who make money out of stock
do so. Did you ever figure on this integer OF
daily bodily waste In the feeding of animals?
II 80, you probably believe that the only way to
make money In feeding stock is to feed fully
from birth to the butchers block. 1t is the on
~ way to reduce daily waste to a minimum and
inenre the largest profit for the food given. +,
This waste is partly In keeping up bodily heat.
Another cause of waste Arises from exercise,
and still another from the fact that the animal
does not assimilate all the food eaten. But this
latter waste-the manure-is not dead loss. II
taken care of It keeps the land in condition to
raise crops again to be fed out. The manure,
therefore, is all the farmer gets for the food
given an animal where it fs 60 fed as simply to
supply daily waste. The gain in flesh represents
his profit from the grain fed. II beef is worth
five cents pound and he gets five pounds of
flesh to the bushel Of corn, he receives rs cents
per bushel for his corn. II the buehel 81 corn
makes eight pounds the value of the corn fed 10
q cents. In the one case the farmer might come
ont about even: in the other the pront on each
bushel Of corn fed would be IL cents. It is O.
matter worth figuring on. HAY
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